Lisa Unger is an award-winning "New York Times "and
international bestselling author. Her novels have sold over 1
million copies in the U.S. and have been translated into 26
different languages.
"[A] nail-biting nuanced whodunit."
"--People
""Folks in a small town descend into darkness and revisit long
forgotten memories when a young girl disappears....[A] simmering,
tragic tale. Fans of authors like Jodi Picoult will want to read
this one in a nice comfortable chair....Unger's fans won't be
disappointed."
"--Associated Press
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"This one is a stunner...Unger's genius is in plotting the story so
that the reader never knows what's coming next...This is a read
that will stay with you."
"--New York Journal of Books Review
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"Unger skillfully builds suspense by alternating point of view from
chapter to chapter... Too many thrillers rely on coincidence or
outlandish twists to connect the dots in a crime investigation, but
Unger makes that process organic by using the interconnectedness of
her characters' lives over the decades -- these people really do
know each others' secrets. Even apparently unrelated threads --
like the chapters about the exterminator called in to trap the
raccoons in Elizabeth's attic -- are cleverly woven into the plot.
Unger is also adept at drawing believable characters and
relationships. Much of the emotional weight and considerable
tension of "Fragile" have to do with families, with how parents and
their children relate (or don't) and how husbands and wives can
think they know everything about each other -- and then find
themselves surprised."
--"St. Petersburg Times"
"If you're a fan of Jodi Picoult's family chronicle storytelling,
you'll enjoy "Fragile," too. It's set in a small affluent town
outside New York, where everyone knows someone who kissed the pizza
guy once and many have ugly memories and buried secrets. When a
teenage girl goes missing, the lives of all who knew her unravel.
Unger balances nicely the suspense of her missing person story (a
layered one when the vanishing of another teenage girl 30 years
earlier is connected) with deeper sentiments. How do you live in
the present whenr
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